----- Original Message ----- From: "R" <rhisiart at earthlink.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: female promiscuity and evolution
> there's quite a bit of talk that in the animal world the only male who
gets
> to mate is the dominant, alpha male. that's not quite true. as in the
> human species, the ladies still sneak out for a quickie with that cute
> looking hunk ....
More interestingly, I've read that what's "cute" varies with the menstrual cycle.
-- Luke
> the alphas have to sleep sometime.
>
> R
>
>
> At 02:25 PM 7/23/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Ah, the good old days....
> >________________________________
> >
> >"Slutty" behavior is good for the species. That is the conclusion of a
new
> >wave of research on the evolutionary drives behind sexuality and
parenting.
> >
> > Women everywhere have been selflessly engaging in trysts outside
> > of matrimony. And they have been doing it for a good long time and for
> > excellent reasons. Anthropologists say female promiscuity binds
> > communities closer together and improves the gene pool. At:
> >
> >http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13648
> >
> >Joanna